Board of Trustees Meeting Agenda

Official Agenda September 14, 2023

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The Billings Public Library Board will meets on the second Thursday of the month in the Yellowstone Board Room at 12 p.m. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend this meeting. Please notify Jamie Bratlie, Library and Facility Coordinator, at 657-8391.

AGENDA

Billings Public Library Board Meeting

Billings Public Library, Yellowstone Board Room

September 14, 2023

12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

 

Mission

 Billings Public Library: embracing, empowering, and enriching our community.

  1. Public Comment

 Citizens may address the Board regarding any item of Library business on the agenda, with the duration of comment for an individual speaking permitted to exceed one minute only at the discretion of the Board. Citizens may address the Board regarding any item of Library business not on the agenda, with the duration of comment for an individual speaking permitted to exceed three minutes only at the discretion of the Board.

 2.  Chair’s comments – 2 minutes

 3. Consent agenda (No discussion except for separated item/s) - 1 minute

 a.  Approval of August 10, 2023 minutes (ACTION ITEM)

 4. FY23 Board report/ Director evaluation- 10 minutes

 5. BPL statistics overview- 15 minutes 

 6. BPL/MGMT Updates- 25 minutes

a. BPL MGMT 

i. Safer Libraries training

ii. Collection Development

1. Third-party vendors language change

b. Foundation, FOL, Yellowstone Genealogy Forum  

 7. Good of the Order (DISCUSSION ONLY) 

 8. Adjournment 

 

Proposed next regular meeting:  October 12, 2023 

 Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to attend this meeting. Please notify Jamie Bratlie, Library and Facility Coordinator, at 657-8391.